Usually I throw away what I don't get right the first time.

With artists of my own generation there was at first no group identity - and never a clique.

In the '50s Morris Louis and I were not known, David Smith and Helen Frankenthaler were not much known.

For me context is the key - from that comes the understanding of everything.

Usually I throw away what I don't get right the first time.

As time goes on, I realize more and more that, beginning in the early 30's, David Smith began setting the precedent for what was to come later for many of us.

I've also been willing to share any help that I could give to any other artist.